The CLI directory for the agent era
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CLIs are the interface layer AI agents use to interact with the world. We index them so you can find the right one.
216 CLIs · 2 agent-ready · Why CLIs matter →
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Component distribution CLI — add beautiful, accessible UI components to any project. Agent-compatible with v4.
The world's fastest static site generator — build sites in milliseconds
Run GitHub Actions locally in Docker
Library for creating powerful CLI applications in Go — used by Kubernetes, Docker, Hugo
Node.js production process manager with built-in load balancer and monitoring
Modern command runner. Like make, but simpler. No tabs, cross-platform, great errors.
Command-line benchmarking tool with statistical analysis
Dev tools version manager — polyglot runtime manager (replaces asdf, nvm, pyenv)
Render markdown in the CLI with pizzazz. Beautiful rendering right in your terminal.
Fully automated version management and package publishing
Modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams
Suite of beautiful TUI tools — forms, spinners, file pickers for shell scripts
Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files — remove metadata, minify, clean up
Build CLI applications in Python with type hints — by the FastAPI creator
Terminal session recorder. Record and share as text, not video.
Single-binary static site generator with everything built in
Framework for managing multi-language pre-commit hooks
Task runner and build tool — simpler alternative to Make
Load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory
Count code lines, files, and comments blazingly fast
CLI for code structural search, lint, and rewriting — understands syntax, not text
Terminal presentations. Write in Markdown, present in the terminal.
Instant coding answers from the command line — search StackOverflow from terminal
Static file serving and directory listing from terminal — by Vercel
Very fast code counter with complexity calculations — better than cloc
CLI and local web plain text note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base
Execute commands in response to file modifications
Beautiful images of your code from the terminal — powered by carbon.now.sh
Run arbitrary commands when files change — simple, focused file watcher
Create beautiful code screenshots from terminal
Render markdown in the terminal with images and links
Linear CLI for issue tracking — create, list, update issues from terminal
Manage Sentry from the command line — releases, source maps, debug files
Why CLIs?
The interface layer for AI agents
AI agents don't click buttons — they run commands. A single CLI call uses ~200 tokens. The equivalent MCP server dumps 55,000 tokens into your context window. That's a 275x difference →